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From the valley of bronze camels : a primer, some lectures, & a boondoggle on poetry /

Jane Miller loves poetry. In these provocative and deeply insightful essays, she unpacks the work of giants like Adrienne Rich, Paul Celan, Marina Tsvetaeva, Osip Mandelstam and Federico Garcia Lorca alongside painters such as Caravaggio and Paul Klee, as well as ancient Chinese music and techniques...

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Main Author:	Miller, Jane, 1949- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2022].
Series:	Poets on poetry.
Subjects:	Poetry > History and criticism. Poetics. Identity politics in literature. Surrealism (Literature) Poetry > Authorship. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.

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